Verdicts are in as world's first test tube burger is cooked & eaten

The world's first burger made from meat grown in a test-tube was cooked and served up in London yesterday, marking the first step towards being able mass produce synthetic meat.

Created using stem cells from a cow, scientists were able to grow strands of meat in a laboratory and then bind it all together to make a burger.

The first of it's kind patty, which cost £250,000 to produce, was tasted by food critics Hanni Ruetzler and Josh Schonwald, reports the BBC.

Austrian food researcher Ruetzler's verdict was, 'I was expecting the texture to be more soft...there is quite some intense taste; it's close to meat, but it's not that juicy. The consistency is perfect, but I miss salt and pepper.'